ARCHBISHOP OF GUAM ANNOUNCES BANKRUPTCY AND THE VATICAN ENGAGES IN THE "BELLA FIGURA"

Guam's Catholic church will file for bankruptcy — a move that will allow the archdiocese to avoid trial in dozens of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by priests and move toward settlements.

Archbishop Michael Byrnes announced Wednesday that the Archdiocese of Guam will file for bankruptcy in the face of multiple lawsuits alleging criminal sexual assault of young males by homosexual Clergy.

The mediation efforts that began in September led the Archdiocese to declare to bankruptcy and thus avoid trails.

"This path will bring the greatest measure of justice to the greatest number of victims," Archbishop Byrnes said. "That's the heart of what we're doing."

The Archbishop further stated that the bankruptcy will provide "finality for victim survivors that they've been heard and understood."

It could not be clearer.

The sexual assault of young males by homosexual Clergy is a worldwide phenomenon which has brought scandal and shame upon the Universal Church.  

And the response of the Vicar of Christ, Pope Francis, has been silence and a meager show of concern in his call to gather the Presidents of Bishops’ Conferences around the globe to a 3 day meeting at the Vatican in February.

A 3 day meeting to address what has been a cataclysmic crisis the likes of which the Church has never before experienced!

The recent (and lacklustre) Synod on Youth lasted almost a month and produced little of importance or relevance in the Church’s appeal to young people to embrace the Gospel and adhere to the Catholic Church for guidance and example.

The Bishops were unable to make any significant progress regarding the universal loss of membership among Millenials after that month long debacle of confusion and contention.

Does any right minded individual believe the February meeting of the Bishops’ Conference Presidents will accomplish anything of value in stemming the endless allegations of homosexual predation of young males by Catholic Clergy?

The Roman (and Vatican) culture often prizes “appearance over substance”.  The Italians refer to this as the “bella figura”.

One need look no further but to the Vatican meeting in February for example of what the “bella figura” looks like in practice.